The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

'There once was a teacher who taught down the hall from me. She was an ordinary teacher. Had several years of experience, rarely had much trouble with kids and by all accounts, was, just, well ordinary. Nothing really stood out about her. Except for one thing. See, she taught social studies and she had for almost 30 years. So, theoretically she had seen a lot of history that her students would ultimately discuss.

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The Electric Educator

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

'Google calendar is a great tool. My wife and I have been using it for over a year to keep track of our family activities. A new feature currently in calendar labs adds the ability to attach a Google Doc to a calendar event. This makes using Google Calendar for lesson planning a powerful tool. After create a lesson or unit, you can share your calendar and relevant documents with other teachers in your building or district, fostering collaboration.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Recently a lot of emphasis has been placed on sustainability. Sustainable this, sustainable that. Here at the University of Plymouth we actually have a CETL - a Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning - dedicated to Sustainable Futures. We have also seen a movement toward ' reusable learning objects ' (Erm, I have to confess that this has confused the hell out of me.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

'Just discovered copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com ! I like their comprehensive lists of copyright-free resources so much that I pasted three of the lists into our school library''s website, under Technology (with credit given). Public Domain Images and Sound Copyright-free Music and Audio Image Generators and Clipart These sources are GREAT for student (and teacher) media projects, papers, wikis, blogs, etc.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

'Wow. If this video doesn''t summarize the pedagogical questions we are wrestiling with in education, I don''t know what does. Is either teacher completely right? Completely wrong? Definite content to ponder, here. [link] Wish I could have gotten the video to embed. May try tomorrow when I''m more awake! Thanks to @wfryer for tweeting this.

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The Daring Librarian

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

'corset pic by L. Marie do you want mad librarian cred when hanging out in the stacks with your homies? are you Literate4Life and proud of it? are you ready, willing, and able to show your love - your devotion - your RESPECT! to our gang of book loving library militants? Check out kick@$$ Librarian X aka jazzmodeus aka Jason Puckett - he''s the Librarian for Communication and Educational Technologies at GSU in Atlanta and he''s inked & proud!

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The Electric Educator

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

'I''m spending my winter break this week in Orlando, Florida with my wife, daughter, and in-laws. We visited the Magic Kingdom yesterday and Downtown Disney tonight. Throughout our visit I vacillated between disgust and amazement at the Disney empire. The expense, extravagance and commercialism can be overwhelming. Upon further reflection, however, you have to be impressed and amazed at the vision created by Walt Disney which infuses every aspect of Disney World.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

'Connect Safely |Connect Safely | Online Safety 3.0 - on and off the fixed and mobile Internet tags : internetsafety , favorite Support for the Web 2.0 Principal tags : administrator , web2.0 , favorite The Ultimate Guide to Special Needs Teaching: 100+ Resources and Links tags : specialeducation , favorite Ten Big Ideas Of School Leadership | Edutopia tags : leadership , favorite Ten Twitter Turn-Off''s To Avoid When Building Your Teacher PLN tags : Twitter , PLN , favorite Posted from Diigo.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

'School law feeds (and other resources) for Google Reader - Dangerously Irrelevant tags : GoogleReader , schoollaw , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

'I once taught a kid that I knew was going to grow up and do great things. From the moment I met him there was just something about him that made him stand out from all the other kids that year. He would never settle for just average. He always had to be the best at everything. Whenever one of his teachers would assign a project he always had to go above and beyond what the other kids did.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

'Why Teachers Should ''Friend'' Students Online - Murry''s World tags : facebook , internetsafety , favorite Seth''s Blog: The lesson from two lemonade stands tags : Leadership , favorite 5 Reasons Why Educators Should Network tags : PLN , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

'10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know tags : facebook , favorite Netiquette Tutorial tags : netiquette , favorite Book Trailers - Movies for Literacy! tags : reading , literacy , favorite Formative assessment tags : formative , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

'I dunno about you, but more and more I find my data being housed somewhere else, mainly " the cloud." Meaning that my calendar, documents email, photos and more are not stored locally on my machine, they are stored on some other computer in some far oft land. And that can pose a problem. While these services normally have great reliability and uptime things happen and we can loose access to our data, or, even worse, loose the data all together.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

'Jimmy Wales on the birth of Wikipedia | Video on TED.com tags : wikipedia , favorite The Data Liberation Front (the Data Liberation Front) tags : google , favorite TPCK - Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge - TPCK tags : tpack , favorite Differentiation Strategies tags : differentiated , instruction , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

'Docs for students - Google Docs Help tags : googledocs , favorite Blogs and Blogging Resources tags : blogging , favorite Mathtrain.TV tags : math , video , favorite Alfie Kohn Live Chat - The Educator''s PLN tags : alfiekohn , favorite 11 advantages of using a blog for teaching tags : blogging , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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Resources Google Video Education 100

The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

'Please tell me that I am wrong in the way I think. Let me give some background. I am taking classes to be an administrator. This week during one of my classes the discussion centered around accountability, mainly should test scores be used in evaluating teachers. Timely, considering the #edchat topic this week. In North Carolina, teachers here get a report that tells them how effective they are as a teacher, based solely on test scores.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

'Skype Other Classrooms! | The Edublogger tags : skype , favorite The Literacy Project tags : google , literacy , favorite Vaughan Memorial Library : Tutorials : Plagiarism tags : Plagiarism , favorite Langwitches Blog » Blogging Unit for Download tags : blogging , favorite Open Thinking Wiki-Media and Tech Literacy Videos tags : medialiteracy , techliteracy , favorite Posted from Diigo.

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Wiki Resources Libraries Google 100

The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

'Besides Race To The Top and NCBL the hottest topic in education has to be teacher evaluations. From how often a career teacher should be evaluated to if those evaluations should be based on student accountability and test scores, it seems as if there is a story everyday of some district somewhere that is embroiled in an evaluation mess. Last night on #edchat, participants tried to tackle the tough questions surrounding teacher evaluations.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

'I am concerned. I am concerned for our profession. I am concerned for our parents. Most of all, I am concerned for our kids. I had a long talk the other day with a very good friend of mine. She is a teacher. A very good teacher. She told me that this might be her last year of teaching. Keep in mind she has only been in the classroom for 6 years but more and more she is feeling the burnout.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

'All About Explorers | Everything you''ve ever wanted to know about every explorer who ever lived.and more! tags : explorers , history , webquest , favorite Instructional Strategies Online - A Listing of Instructional Strategies and Methods tags : instructionalstrategies , favorite Home(page) Movies - QT and Flash to illustrate Biological Processes tags : biology , video , favorite Engineering Interact - Interactive science & engineering for 9-11 year olds tags : science , engineering , interact

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

'nationalarchiveseducation''s findprimarysources Bookmarks on Delicious tags : primarysources , favorite socstudiestech - home tags : socialstudies , favorite :: Download Free Political Documentaries And Watch Many Interesting, Controversial Free Documentary Films On That You Wont Find On The TV! :: tags : documentaries , film , Videos , favorite Free Technology for Teachers: Five Good Places to Find Math Tutorial Videos tags : math , video , favorite Welcome to MyFootprint!

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

'I can remember some days when kids would ask me that. I could be in the middle of a conversation about convection currents and a kid would raise their hand and ask, "What''s the point? Why do we need to know this? What''s the point!" I would get so angry. They needed to learn it because I was teaching it, that''s why! But then it dawned on me one day.

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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

'20 Essential Tricks Every Skype User Should Know - Page 2 | Maximum PC tags : skype , favorite classroomtweets - Why Twitter tags : Twitter , favorite blogswikisdocs - home tags : blog , wiki , googledocs , favorite voicethreading [licensed for non-commercial use only] / Voicethreading Across the Curriculum tags : voicethhread , favorite Posted from Diigo.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

'A while back #edchat was honored to have Alfie Kohn as a guest moderator. The response was so overwhelming that #edchat was actually a Top 5 trending topic topic on Twitter that night. #edchat and the Educators PLN Ning have teamed up to once again bring a live conversation with Alfie Kohn, this time in the Edublogs Elluminate room where he will answer your questions.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

'Web 2.0 Tools By Focus Area tags : web2.0 , tools , favorite Boolify Project: An Educational Boolean Search Tool tags : search , boolean , favorite PBL-Online Video Library tags : pbl , video , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

'Flickr Photo Download: If the Twitter community was 100 people. tags : twitter , favorite SafetyCenterVideos''s Channel tags : internetsafety , cybersafety , favorite Apple Learning Interchange - iPod touch. Touching student lives in the classroom. tags : ipodtouch , specialeducation , favorite Top 12 Sites To Watch Videos That Are Better Than YouTube tags : video , youtube , favorite Google Apps Education Edition: 10 Reasons to switch tags : googleapps , Google , favorite Twitter - Video Libra

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Speaker: Amanda Davis, Chief Experience Officer and Liam O'Malley, VP of Association Solutions

The "new normal" is now a little less new, a little more normal. Does that mean your current LMS strategy is in need of a refresh? Is your organization or association leaning into the always-evolving eLearning environment to ensure you have the tools and content to remain relevant through all this change? There are many complex decision-making processes within your learning & development strategy and LMS lifecycle management, including: Selection.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

'Over the weekend I was catching up on some blogs and found myself reading the most recent entry from Michael Wesch. If you don''t know who he is or his work it is really worth your time to check out his stuff. Dr. Wesch explores the impact of new media on society. His focus is on social media and how it effects us as a global society. He is doing some fascinating work that is really interesting stuff.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

'How to Embed Almost Anything in your Website tags : embed , favorite Education Innovation: Micro Cultures of Professional Learning Communities tags : PLC , favorite Embedding Scratch in the Classroom | ScratchEd tags : scratch , favorite Free Technology for Teachers: How to Publish a Quiz Using Google Docs tags : googledocs , favorite How to Use New-Media Tools in Your Classroom | Edutopia tags : socialmedia , favorite Read milestone documents from American history at Our Documents Read milesto

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

'GCPS Wiki-Wiki | Handouts / Scratch tags : scratch , favorite The Electric Educator: Google-Proof Questioning: A New Use for Bloom''s Taxonomy tags : bloomstaxonomy , favorite A Collection of Assessment Strategies, Assessment in Math/Sci 2 of 3 tags : assessment , favorite itouch - Mary Beth Hertz on Diigo tags : ipod , favorite Digital Storytelling Teacher Guide tags : digitalstorytelling , favorite Posted from Diigo.

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The Web20Classroom

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

'Google Earth Resources tags : googleearth , favorite Google Earth - List | Diigo tags : googleearth , favorite Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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